disco. russian. flashpoints of fighting between rebels and government troops spread all across the syrian capital. that could ultimately allow. the german parliament is set to decide whether to hand over a massive bailout to spain's battered banks. facing the top task of convincing m.p.'s to back their rescue. plus the b.b.c. is gagged by a court order preventing it from airing a documentary about last summer's riots.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. some of the bloodiest hours of the conflict in syria both the government and rebels dubbed the period following yesterday's deadly bombing in damascus the attack wiped out three top members of bashar assad's government including the defense minister it coincided with intensifying clashes in the capital and across the country which killed over one hundred fifty people this according to reports now the whereabouts of president assad who hasn't made any public appearances since the explosion is unknown some sources suggesting that he's fled damascus. she's in the cup. the news about blasts has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been seen for what the opposition and free syrian army have dubbed the final battle for

damascus a decisive battle for the syrian capital shootings have been heard in very different parts of the syrian capital we've also seen black smoke drifting over the city skyline and we've also been hearing helicopters not only flying over one of the oldest continuously inhabited capitals in the war old but also firing and we can see some smoke even now in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria had half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have also suspended their work overseas companies have also have created their staff foreigners no longer feel safe here in the syrian capital and they have fled but ordinary syrians don't have the same choice the world has come to their door and they have nowhere to run and they're trying to organize their everyday life waiting for this nightmare to end one of the most important rule these days in the syrian capital is not to go to the cities troubled areas where the clashes between the

rebels and the army still continue and the names of these neighborhoods are very well known to everybody here might have began. no you to my derm it's too dangerous but damascus is a very big city with a population of around two million people maybe these days even more with all displaced families from homes and other at the center of the uprising from all across the country shelter now here in the capital and in some neighborhoods you can see pictures that you don't at all expect to see in the capital of the country and gulf war i like this family alone picnics really very peaceful pictures so income flic has been raging for seventeen months already people say they're tired they are exhausted. they also say that life must go on may finish nazi from damascus in syria. while a certain foreign forces are manipulating events in syria to serve their own

agendas that's according to british journalist and broadcaster neil clark but hall you know the reason behind your case we create it in question for you and we can meet the it can break even very close to pulling to create the potential so you must live over. the fact is it. still has large support among supporters that the most important thing the western powers want what the saudis have to go states who are backing the rebels what is not the what they don't want democracy here at the last moment they want to violently overthrow the regime but we're talking about a wide range of how super very different regions oh it's everything to go to what you know really if they want to go and be replaced by a western puppet or the west is quite clear we want to you know one of the libyan scenario where after assad is toppled go be elections and they will have a pro western government that will be acceptable to saudi arabia and also to israel who has been undermining the coking peace mission it's not being russia or china

it's in the western powers they don't want to see. and amid all the escalating violence at the u.n. security council and in the next couple of hours now it's set a vote on the future of its peace effort in syria and western backed draft resolution calls for the extension of the observer mission to the country which expires on friday but the text also threatens to moscow's with measures which could lay apart from military intervention a scenario russia has vowed to prevent with details now from new york r.t. is a very important. as a vote on a u.k. drafted resolution on renewing the u.n. supervision mission in syria now this u.k. drafted resolution is under chapter seven which means that it also calls for the renewal of the u.n. mission in syria for forty five days but it also threatens sanctions against a mascot if the syrian government does not seize the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from heavy populated areas within ten days as we have been reporting

russia has stood firm on saying it will not support any resolution that paves the way for sanctions against syria or anything involving chapter seven of the the u.n. charter under chapter seven many experts say it could also paved the way for a military intervention into syria china has always has also expressed a similar position russia instead has also drafted its own reza new resolution renewing the u.n. mission in syria for another three months if this mission is not renewed that means that the u.n. security council the international community loses any verifiable reporting and verification that is taking place in syria there are three hundred unarmed u.n. officials in syria while they suspended activities in june there is still a presence there that is able to assess the situation on the ground and report back to the united nations if you lose that mission in syria there would be essentially

no kind of objective force to report back to the international community and that could only make the syrian crisis worse. as the conflict in syria continues it seems that the battleground has now taken on line a dimension we reported just a couple of months ago minutes for you here click and find lock and load instructional videos on the best way for syrian combatants to kill their enemies certainly gaining popularity on the internet do stay with r.t. it will let you know who's behind the last. this is r.t. the german parliament will decide on whether to hand over one hundred billion euros worth of rescue cash to spain's ailing banks chancellor angela merkel has been actively lobbying for the transfer hoping to rally enough support but it's not he's put all of our reports on agreement to grant money to the e.u. neighbors will not come easy. german chancellor angela merkel addresses m.p.'s just

behind me to garner their support for further bailout funds for spain's ailing banking sector that without that support that money can't be released from the german treasury now speaking on german television the chancellor seems confident saying that we always get the majority that we need however there are rumblings of discontent among m.p.'s here in berlin we saw a minority vote against the new bailout fund that minority coming from angola merkel's own center right coalition we've also heard from the opposition social democrats who have told mrs merkel that she shouldn't just rely on their support that she's going to have to make a valid case and prove to them that further bailout money for spain is in the best interests of germany now the heartland for bailout money is the wealthy southern region of bavaria taxpayers and politicians that like one thing most is

merkel to prove that not only is germany giving money to spain in the best interest of the country but also that very are giving extra tax revenues towards the poorest states in germany is in their best interests that well as it stands at the moment of area paying out the lion's share of money to help keep areas of germany such as right here in berlin afloat so the situation in german internal politics mirroring the situation that we're seeing concerning germany and its role in the future of the eurozone the question has to be asked can mrs merkel make that case that bailout funds all the way forward corresponding porting there now we did speak with a member of the christian democratic union klaus peter village he said that he's against the spanish bailout he thinks germany is taking excessive risks on stepping outside of its e.u. obligations. i do not vote for the bailout because i

think it's wrong way it's against the rules that we set up for your region for the common currency and now for the first time we're not only bailing out countries what already is against our regulations but also banking institutes in spain and none of them that has to be all that wants to be bailed out is any relevance for the whole financial system a lot of german swell anxious they see that we are taking more risks and more risks and that at one point our own credibility would be damaged by this you know we we have a large severing dept on our road but i think i'm quite sure that we can handle it our economy is performing good about all those savings policy and all this growth policy will be needed when we then need the money to pay others out this is against the regulation and legal framework we set up when we erected. the

european currency union. and i will be bringing you more on that you use battered economy and business bulletin in less than a ten minutes time for now though katie has some insight on spring. high vol radio best is there now firmly focused on the spanish bundles to results managed to raise just under three billion euros but the reality is that the moment down of the country's borrowing costs were up by now traders are awaiting the results of the long don't sit in front of the if tim page is a reality jim in ten minutes to the think is. still to come on the program is green always a good report on how opening doors to foreign agricultural corporations almost resulted in a national disaster for. you watching our two live from moscow. and inform the two fundamental reasons people use the internet however when the web

is being used to influence a conflict that has already taken thousands of lives in syria alarm bells start to ring. into exactly who is driving the trend of deadly online training videos. just a click away and the internet is full of these video training guys that are providing dangerous tips that kids see cyber war is taken from their computer screens and given the practical skills to kill the many of these videos that have emerged in the last year or so aimed at the syrian opposition and the syrian rebel forces that are fighting against the syrian regime in the country at the moment but they're easily accessible you have a huge number of views on the huge chief sites where these videos are going up and big questions about the regulation of these videos about why they're allowed to stay out for so long now many of these videos was aimed at the syrian opposition

aren't actually made in syria itself it's all many of them originating from other countries including a lot of them coming from the u.s. and of course that again raises questions about the u.s. is involvement in this type of cyber warfare of course many other countries and many other governments also stand accused of participating in this type of cyber warfare but there are big concerns because over the last couple of years certainly countries like the u.s. and the have identified as one of the main threats in this war on terror is being the lone wolves people who are sat in the privacy of their own home and able to access information that trains and to be able to carry out an attack and say videos like this are of course deeply disturbing was the subversive know how might be aimed at the people fighting inside syria right now of course is just a click away for anyone who wants to log on and have

a look and that raises very very serious questions and has terrifying implications he's reach is far beyond the syrian conflicts. it was our sara for porting there where you can always stay updated on all of our news by just heading to r.t. dot com let's check out some of the stories of what are lined up for you there right now for example a sudden explosion of rocks russia's republic. targeting a local cleric. also online me an argument turns into a fight as workers clash with the managers of an indian suzuki plot to find out what went wrong at r.t. . and an ngo comes to wiki leaks rescue as the infamous whistle blowing site teeters on the brink of financial collapse.

so good to have you with us here on our to today the number of people killed in the bombing of a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria it now stands at eight the injured have been returned to israel believe the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber who used a fake u.s. id this video has just been released have a look right here allegedly showing the suspect on security cameras before the bombing israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was blamed iran for the attack claiming all signs point to the country iranian state t.v. however has rejected the accusations calling them ridiculous about thirty people remain in hospital with injuries some in critical condition independent research and writing. says that it's unlikely iran was behind the attack knowing you were only plunged them into an even deeper diplomatic crisis. this time yahoo and israel in fact need to play the victim card in order to be more aggressive and in

the past few months a few years israel has lost a lot of sense. even here in the united states it's very easy to put the blame i mean iran iran is not a very attractive country to the world and the masses are very happy to accept whatever they're told now if they were told by mr netanyahu to me this makes sense that iran would want to carry out this operation and it's very hard to accept this iran would willingly have the world condemn it and cater to the wishes of these really is by providing them with an excuse to attack. in the u.k. eight men have been found not guilty of the murder of three people in birmingham during that last summer's riots with investigations into the violence still ongoing at the b.b.c. is planning to fight back against a court order banning it from airing a documentary about the events a judge forced the broadcaster to show off the film until further notice with the

case a shrouded in mystery that's sparking concerns over overzealous censorship as artie's laura smith reports. the bonds program is the two parts to huge draw involving activists reading excerpts from interviews with two hundred seventy people involved in last august's riots in titled the riot in the woods the interviews were originally done for a project aimed at understanding the causes of the disturbances as to why it's being banned this is an extremely opaque and unusual case legally we are not allowed to name the judge who handed down the order the court he was missing in for the case the decision referred to we understand this kind of order is sometimes made in cases of breach of privacy but at the moment there's absolutely no indication what's legislation has been deployed here as far as reaction goes the

b.b.c. it doesn't seem to be able to talk about it either just putting out a statement confirming the cool and that it unable to add anything meanwhile press freedom groups have called the move to big and indicated they feel this is the shit just reminds you that riots break out loft august the sixth following the shooting of mock duggan by a police officer in north london they then spread countrywide and over the next three days cities across england were terrorized by violence and looting and often since then a lot of studies and programs have been made looking into the causes and it's very unclear why this particular one has stolen out of the pool although it does come close to the on the bus three and also a place to the wooden boats and a lympics to the b.b.c. the lawyers are considering appealing the decision and promise to show you the programme at a later date perhaps only then will it become clear why this highly unusual

decision to ban the programme was made in the first place. reporting or it goes straight into the office he was. for you now we'll start with egypt's former spy chief and vice president omar suleiman he just died at age seventy six in the united states he was reportedly undergoing medical tests at a hospital near cleveland when his condition it took a turn for the worst of the cause of his yet is the cause of his death and yet to be announced one confidant of egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak is still a man was due to run for the country's presidency earlier this year but he was ultimately disqualified from the race. a senior security officer colonel abdullah is being killed in a car blast in yemen support city of aden this is the latest in a series of high profile assassinations in the country's volatile southern region most of the attacks are being blamed on the al qaeda linked militant groups which

seized power in the region during last year's popular uprising against the former president ali abdullah saleh. the british prime minister is in kabul for major trilateral talks with the afghan president and his pakistan counterpart david cameron has warned that the taliban the possibly nato states would continue to support the afghan government even after the alliance troops pull out in two thousand and fourteen cameron will also meet the pakistani prime minister in an attempt to intensify the country's role in the afghan peace process relations between kabul and islamabad have suffered from distrust and mutual blame over taliban and violence. will see katy soon for the business for now though the green revolution in india opened a new market for international agricultural giants however government efforts to increase crop yields by adopting modern chemicals have forced dozens of farmers to return to their roots as artie's to reports. i mean she's sharma is part of

a movement of tens of thousands of farmers in india's bread basket turning back to their traditions in organic farming. by adopting organic farming we are not dependent on anyone we don't have to buy anything from the market as we so sufficient. but it wasn't always that way millions of farmers in india got hooked on chemicals and pesticides during the so-called green revolution a time in the one nine hundred sixty s. when the indian government began importing hybrid seeds to increase crop yields after a major famine this opened the door for several foreign agricultural corporations to sell into this new market the increase in expensive chemicals also brought about a new dependence that varied farmers deep in debt even forcing some to suicide money is going through the book yourself motivation of not put into poker so the problems. are. almost like you would

notice the palm of the images from so it only goes to the. farmers like sharma also noticed that while he had an initial spike in crop yield all timidly his soil was so depleted of its natural nutrients it became infertile and the incidence of cancer due to chemicals in the communities drinking water increased significantly in the years since the green revolution more farmers here in punjab are starting to reclaim their land and stopping the use of chemicals here they say they're not only lowering production costs by keeping their land more sustainable for future generations farmers say they are able to make more money and spend the last without using any chemical pesticides fertilizers and seeds. that people i don't know got it forming we can conserve the environment and also wildlife that will be beneficial for the next generation. preassure either party

through india. promise to let go of the case here the author of business tesco good to see you today either do tell us what's on the minds of investors that are very well also scratching of heads today out today because we've got lee results of the ocean ends. now the reality is that spanish foreign costs were up and demand was down i will school disappointment coming from the u.k. with retail sales failing to impress with june sells we're at no point one percent from a list we're hoping for growth of not point five three says if we take out the exchange rates then we'll be able to see that the common currency is still managing to gain along with the stocks that we saw in europe as well as deliverable is stronger against the u.s. dollar and the year on to the us markets and still managing to gain on top of the enthusiasm from asia investors are by just saying fresh inflation statistics prices in russia are growing at a record low your pace and about it four point two percent from the start of the

year let's get on to some movers and shakers that we've got gas from in talks with the tiny salvation nation of brunei over partnering in the production of liquefied natural gas is an interesting one we've got to think a v.p. is we're trading higher there are records of percent is in utah with b.p. ever changing the partnership structure and the t.v. has raised to put it in individual farms in europe so got that saving so now russia's business lobby is pushing the idea of raising the income tax rate now oddly enough entrepreneurs themselves are proposing increasing taxes to fifteen percent on high salaries in two years now currently russia has a flat income tax of thirty percent as you can see is lower than in most developed . markets now the bills are high taxes may look even more luring as the cabinet needs cash to fill election pledge is now time boss and he's caught up with apart from p.w. c.

to discuss the issue. so you start off with we'll talk about this proposed tax change it's only two percent thirteen to fifteen percent is it going to make any difference for the budget it will not make a huge difference because russian budget system personal income tax has never played a vital little. so maybe the tax collections will increase slightly the negative effect of introducing this additional charge will completely undermine this additional tax collections but surely russia seems to have a lower tax rate than many comparable countries chile it's time the government started taking more money to give services i would say that we shouldn't compare three that we have with russia with the top tax rates that we have another countries and if you look at the fact effects rates i think russian tax rate is relatively comparable to my new tax rates in the developed countries so i wouldn't say that increasing prox rates now will solve any problems it will only damage the

investment climate and it will only cause public anger russia is unfortunately notorious for having a lot of problems collecting tax has that situation improved are tremendously i would say since the introduction of the pax court back in two thousand and two thousand and one that climate has improved tremendously and this goes both to the legislation and to the tax system and how it's a ministry that obviously certain problems still exist but someone who has been in this profession for eighteen years i would say that i have seen devotion that he changes in how tax system works in russia. moving on it looks like the u.k. will continue to pay for the financial crisis for years to come and brits may have to tighten their belts to stay afloat prime minister david cameron has admitted that there's no end in sight to the government's program of spending cuts and he's extending it took twenty twenty what's more the i.m.f. believes the u.k. economy will post nor point two percent growth this year which is lower than last

year as you can see on the screen there the national government started a forty percent back in two thousand and eight and it's increasingly got many brits wondering if the coalition is capable of dealing with it some have already expressed concern that these will certain measures will not work but wind up paying even more in tax to counterbalance enormous government debt now microsoft says its brand new operating system windows eight will be released on the twenty sixth of october the software giant says the update is the most important redesign in more than a decade the news could add a positive touch to the fourth quarter earnings report microsoft is publishing on thursday our list say it may post losses for the first time ever after a troubled takeover of an online company a quantum leap and there is a new twist in the fierce battle between apple and some search a u.k. judge has ordered apple to publish the ad saying that the south korean firm did not copy its i pads

a special notice will also be placed on apple's website as well as in other media the court decision is following apple's failure to block sells of galaxy tablets in the u.s. and europe today in all things business for the headlines here in r.t. .

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